03Tetracationic Cyclophanes and Their Use in the Sequestration of Polyaromatic Hydrocarbons By Way of Complexation, (Stoddart, J. F.; Barnes, J. C.; Juricek, M.), U.S. Patent 9,290,495. Published: March 22, 2016.

First-year graduate student, Mark Nosiglia is awarded a GAANN Fellowship from the Department of Chemistry at Wash U (sponsored by the Dept. of Education). Congrats Mark!!

January 2nd, 2018

We are excited to welcome two new 1st year graduate students to the Barnes group, Mark Nosiglia and Ruihan Li!!

December 28th, 2017

Kevin and Angel's paper (and the group's second research-based paper) on 'Photoredox-based Actuation of an Artificial Molecular Muscle' is accepted for publication in Macromolecular Rapid Communications! Congrats Kevin, Angel, and all co-authors on a job well done!! More details coming soon.

Congratulations to Barnes group members Dr. Angelique Greene, Mary Danielson, Abby Delawder, Kevin Liles, Dr. Xuesong Li, Anusree Natraj, and Andrew Wellen for the group's first ever research paper accepted today in the journal Chemistry of Materials!! A well-deserved Article for such a hard-working bunch!

October 16th, 2017

Jonathan has been named a member of the 2017 class of Packard Fellows! Thank you so much Packard Foundation for your support of our young group!! See WUSTL article published in the Source for more information: Link

The Barnes group had fun celebrating our One Year Anniversary at Tower Grove Park! Lots of fun grilling out, playing games, and listening to 80's and 90's jams (DJ'd by Angel)!!

June 25-28th, 2017

Jonathan visited the University of Nottingham in England to attend 'A Golden Age for Chemistry' conference, which celebrated 50 years of Stoddart chemistry. It was a great privilege to see so many familiar faces and to meet many members of the extended Stoddart family from generations past!! Thank you David Amabalino for hosting!!!

May 18th, 2017

The Barnes group was awarded a Collaborative Research Travel Grant (CRTG) by the Burroughs Wellcome Fund (BWF) for our combination drug delivery project! The CRTG program provides funding for relatively unrestricted travel and research expenses related to answering important biomedical questions through collaboration with research groups at other academic institutions. Thanks for the support BWF!!

Jonathan, Angel, and Mary visit Monsanto, where Jonathan gave a talk on the Barnes group's research efforts thus far. It was a great visit, hosted by Jeff Hughes, and a nice opportunity to see the Monsanto campus and learn about the science behind one of the world's largest agrochemical companies!

Congratulations to Abby Delawder, a first-year graduate student in the Barnes group who was selected to receive a GAANN Fellowshipsponsored by the Department of Education! Only six of these multi-year fellowships were available for this year's class of graduate students in the Department of Chemistry at Washington University, so her selection is quite the achievement. Congrats again Abby!!

***December 6th to 11th, 2016***

Dr. Barnes makes his way to Stockholm, Sweden to partake in the Nobel Week festivities as an invited guest of one of this year's Chemistry Nobel Laureates, Sir J. Fraser Stoddart!!

***October 5th, 2016***

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has selected Sir J. Fraser Stoddart(Prof. Barnes' PhD advisor), Jean-Pierre Sauvage, and Ben Feringa to receive the 2016 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for the design and synthesis of molecular machines"!!! These three amazing chemists deserve this recognition not only for their contributions to science, but also for their class and professionalism which they have exhibited over the past five decades. Congratulations all around!!!

Xuesong Li begins his first day as a postdoctoral associate in the Barnes Research Group! Welcome aboard Xuesong!!!

September 2nd, 2016

The Barnes Group is happy to welcome our first undergraduate researchers Anusree Natraj and Mary Danielson, with several more on the way! Corresponding member profiles coming soon...

August 3rd, 2016

Kevin Liles completes his summer research stint with the Barnes Group and is now switching gears to get ready for the start of what will no doubt be a stellar graduate career in chemistry at Washington University! His invaluable contributions this summer will definitely be missed!

August 1st, 2016

Angelique Greene begins her first day as a postdoctoral associate in the Barnes Research Group! Welcome aboard Angelique!!!

May 11th, 2016

Jonathan has been invited to attend the Cottrell Scholars' New Faculty Workshop this fall (August 4-6) in Washington, DC! The workshop will be a great opportunity to network with other newly appointed faculty from around the country and to learn the ins and outs of jump-starting one's independent academic career!!

April 24th, 2016

The Barnes Group welcomes three new members: Postdoctoral Associates Angelique F. Greene (PhD: Tulane University, USA) and Xuesong Li (PhD: University of Bordeaux, France), as well as incoming Graduate Student Kevin Liles (Summer research)! Looking forward to a productive Summer!!

March 25th, 2016

Jonathan will be at Wash U again getting the chance to meet with additional prospective graduate students, telling them all about the rich and diverse research that is ripe for the taking in the Chemistry Department at Wash U!

March 13th-16th, 2016

Jonathan will be in San Diego for the ACS National Meeting's Poly division. Looking forward to a great conference in sunny SoCal!

March 4th-5th, 2016

Jonathan will be at Wash U getting the chance to meet with prospective graduate students and demonstrating his awesome prowess at the bowling alley! Sounds like fun!

March 2016

The Barnes Research Group is currently looking for very talented and highly motivated undergraduate and graduate students and a postdoctoral associate/fellow!